Colonel (Retired) Charles D. “Hawk” Mills is a transitioning US Army Officer having contributed over 35+ years of honorable service in support of US strategic initiatives and Department of Defense global operations. Throughout his career, Charles held diverse positions culminating in executive leadership roles with the nation’s most complex operational organizations. Moreover, his influence transformed enterprise-level doctrine, policy, and procedures while developing specialized workforce expertise and optimizing training programs that sharpened America’s national security instruments.

 

Charles is known for being the catalyst of enterprise-level change. His proven ability to develop strategic planning and convert corporate designs into operational successes is evident throughout his career. Hawk’s leadership synchronized multinational operations, enabled rapid mobilizations of multi-million-dollar resources, and assured global positioning of high-value technical systems and state-of-the-art platforms. A veteran of multiple deployments to international locations earned him distinguished service accolades to include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, and Bronze Star.

 

After military retirement, Charles’s focus has been focused on a well-designed life that is generative—a life that is constantly creative, productive, changing, and evolving amongst the possibilities of surprise. So, to speak, Hawk has been actively searching for that “encore” career—work that combines personal meaning, continued income, and social impact.